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Weekly Report - 1 September 2011 (WR-11-35)
BOLIVIA: A landmark ruling
It was a rare moment of glory for Bolivia’s highly questioned judiciary which is due to be replaced by popular vote later in the year. This week the supreme court of justice (CSJ) found five former top military commanders and two former ministers guilty of genocide in relation to “Black October” the 2003 army clampdown ordered by President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (2002-2003) which left 67 dead and hundreds injured. Signifying the first time that former high-ranking military officials have been convicted by a civilian court in Bolivia for human rights abuses, the verdict is likely to subject the already strained relations between Bolivia and the US to further pressure given the impetus it will provide to the government of President Evo Morales in its efforts to seek the extradition of Sánchez de Lozada from the US where he fled following the unrest.
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